Tennessee § 36-2-317 - Official references to illegitimacy.
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§ 36-2-317. Official references to illegitimacy.
No explicit references shall be made to illegitimacy in any legal proceeding, record, certificates or other papers except the departments of human services and health may keep records of out-of-wedlock births. Acts 1997, ch. 477, § 1. Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (5th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 849. Law Reviews. Illegitimacy — Legitimation by Intermarriage of Parents, 21 Tenn. L. Rev. 453 (1950).
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